The last of the easter eggs





4 years ago I have written the first book on Wenhsiuquan.



It was a lot of fun and dealt with the mechanics of throws and wrist locks. It may seem weird to have the first book about a martial art that uses mainly striking deal with grappling techniques, but to me it made perfect sense.

To me the important part of learning martial arts techniques lies with the stances and posture. Pulling and pushing someone is actually a great way to test one's stance.

Also- from a stance that can withstand getting pushed and pulled comes some really powerful strikes...

Other books followed soon thereafter- The book about defense...

 


The book about striking-


And lastly- the book on training.






After all the books got printed and made available I started to put a page or two (or more...) of each book at the bottom of each blog post.

Anyone who was sharp enough to have picked up on this may by now have all 4 books in his possession.

After having written these books I have realised that it does not only take long to learn a martial art, but also to teach it. These books by no means contain everything there is to know about Wenhsiuquan and quite frankly- neither does any book written about any martial art contain everything there is to know about that martial art.

Sure- there is knowledge to gain from reading, but with martial arts the actual learning comes mainly from doing.

This blog itself is nearing its end. I have said so before, I think...

The next posts to come are going to focus on the forms or patterns that I have created for Wenhsiuquan and their purpose as well the the applications to their movements.

In the meantime- train hard and have a good week!




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